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						alphabetize
						
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									(US, Canada, transitive) To arrange words or items in order of the first (and then subsequent) letters as they occur in the alphabet. | alfabetisera | 
			
        
    
		
			
			
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						alphabet
						
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								/ˈæl.fə.bɪt/
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								/ˈæl.fəˌbɛt/
								
							
						
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									The set of letters used when writing in a language.A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.) | alfabet,
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						alphabetical
						
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								/ˌæl.fəˈbet.ɪ.kəl/
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								/ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪ.kəl/
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								/ˌælfəˈbɛtɪkəl/
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								[ˌæl.fəˈbeɾ.ɪ.kəl]
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								[ˌælfəˈbɛɾɪkəl]
								
							
						
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									According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet. | alfabetisk | 
			
        
    
		
			
			
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						alphabetization
						
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									The act or process of arranging in alphabetical order. | alfabetisering | 
			
        
    
		
			
			
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						alphabetically
						
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									(manner) In an alphabetical manner. | alfabetiskt | 
			
				
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									(sequence) Arranged in the order of the alphabet. | alfabetiskt,
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						alphabetism
						
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									(uncountable) The ability to read an alphabet, a rudimentary form of literacy. | alfabetism |